the compact

One year of not buying new from sleepygreen 105 days old

Saturday was the one year mark for not buying new; my "Jubilee day" according to the original Compact. I've managed to go a whole year without buying ...

5 days until end of buy nothing new year! from sleepygreen 113 days old

OK now I'm very excited, it's almost a year! I've bought 20 things new, some of which were on the 'allowed' list, some were not. But I've done a year!! ...

Not buying new for a year - sucesses and failures from sleepygreen 134 days old

After looking back through my blog and my spending for the last year, I think I have done pretty well with "Compacting" my new spending. Presents: DVD water ...

One month remaining of 'not buying new' year! from sleepygreen 139 days old

Today I am oh so tempted by offers on organic hankies! But I have put them on my 'one year of not buying new' list and I realised that as of today there ...

37 days left of my buy nothing new year from sleepygreen 145 days old

37 days left of my 'buy nothing new' year. The last year has gone very quickly. Recent new purchases have been a new power supply for our router as the ...

T minus 44 days until a year of Compacting from sleepygreen 152 days old

It's nearly a year until my first year of Compacting! I decided to not buy anything new for a whole year. Well it hasn't quite been nothing new, but ...

Annual haircut from sleepygreen 176 days old

Yes, I did say 'annual' haircut ;-D I hate having my haircut and really don't see the point in getting it cut more than once a year. It cost me the grand ...

Downsizer from sleepygreen 183 days old

2nd May Well its been a good day today; ive sold 4/5 ebay listings that finished tonight. 3 items of cycling gear that are surplus to my needs - i have ...

Ramblings of a green woman from sleepygreen 193 days old

April 29th My spending this week has been some ebay postage, 3 train tickets, 5 packets of sour sweets - strawberry & cola flavours (vegan!) cue Homer drool ...

Buy nothing new for 12 months - update from sleepygreen 197 days old

How is the Compact going? It's going pretty well. My wear it within a year challenge is going ok, I've worn most things, except the really summery stuff. ...